by Carl BR Johnson
June 18, 2013
Photo by Carl BR Johnson — Valedictorian Dana Hall received her recognition for studying Applied Business Technology at the ceremony.
The Northern Lights College (NLC) sent more than 300 grads out into the world with an education in hand and the hope for a successful future.
The Dawson Creek Convocation was held in the spacious Aerospace Hanger at the college on Friday.
Brad Lyon, executive director of communications at NLC, said the annual occasion, “celebrates the success of our students.”
“It’s one last opportunity to recall fondly their time at the Northern Lights College as well as a farewell to them all,” he said.
“It’s a feel-good day.”
It was also a day to hand out honorary degrees.
Paulette Flamond, a Fort St. John businessperson, was nominated by one of the instructors at the college, “as a worthy recipient.”
“We wanted to recognize someone who has had an impact on the community and who has also taken some courses here at the college,” he said.
Flamond has 17 years of business experience with a successful high-end women’s clothing store in Fort St. John called “Scoop Clothing.”
She donates one per cent of her net profit to the Fort St. John’s Women’s Resource Centre.
She was also involved with starting “Walk in the Balance” – the first Aboriginal wellness conference in northeast B.C. and was recently appointed to the Minister’s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women by Mark Polak, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
She received an Associate of Arts Honorary Degree from the college that day.
“I also knew that if I wanted anything, that I would have to work for it,” she said during her acceptance speech.
“With your diploma in hand, you can contribute in any way that you want.”
Some of the students said they were excited to be given their certificates and diplomas and hoped to find jobs in their chosen fields soon.
Dana Hall, the Valedictorian, came out to the college because she had a sister in Dawson Creek who offered a rent-free place to stay.
“I was inspired to come up here and come to this college and be successful,” said Hall, who is originally from from Revelstoke, B.C.
Hall is a graduate of the Applied Business Technology program at the college, which she says will help her in her goal to work in the oil and gas industry.
“You can climb high in the oil and gas industry, which fuels this town,” she said.
“This will help me get my foot in the door to an awesome career.”
She said this college is a “fantastic campus and they really encourage students to further their lives.”
Kyle Vriesinga, another graduate student who came to study Aircraft Maintenance Engineering from Vernon, B.C., said, “I’m looking forward to getting into helicopters.”
“With our class we’ve grown as a large family and we’re all really close,” said Vriesinga.
“The teachers are all really great.”
His goal in life is to maintain helicopters for a heli-skiing company.
“I’d love to stay living somewhere in the Okanagan Valley.”
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